Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Relive the (animated) Middle Ages

Watch animated versions of Beowulf:

and Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales:

Monday, February 24, 2014

Listen to the classics

The World's Greatest Audio Books
30 audio/videos (so far) by Eric Masters
Including:
Homer: The Iliad
Homer: The Odyssey
Virgil: The Aeneid
Anonymous: Beowulf
Dante Alighieri: The Divine Comedy
Marco Polo: The Travels of Marco Polo
Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales
Miguel de Cervantes: Don Quixote
...and many others
This audio collection contains a treasury of classic books and includes info on the life and times of the author, the theme of the book, the characters, the story outline, a concise yet detailed abridgement of the story and a discussion of the values that make each book one of the great classical works of literature. Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.

Saturday, February 15, 2014